Trough



G. A. AND A. F. TRACHTE.

\ fTRouGH. APPLICATIONFILED MAY 14. 1920.

1,433,048. Patented oet. 24,1922.

d WW1' if M l l 7 'HIII Uiiii@ STTS GEORGE A.. TRACHTE AND .ARTHUR E' TRACHTE, OF MADISON, VIISCONSIN.

TROUG-H.

Application filed May 1li,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, Geenen A. TRAoH'rn and ARTHUR F. TRACHTE, citizens of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane, State of Tvifisconsin, bave invented a new and useful Trough, of which the following is a specification. The device forming the subject matter oiv this application is a trough, of the hind used for feeding and watering animals, and for other' purposes; and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby a water tight closure may be effected between the end member of the trough and the body portion thereof.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings Figure l shows in end elevation, trough constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a top plan showing one end of the trough; Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3--3 of Figure l; and Figure is a section taken on the line -ll of `Figure The device forming the subject 'matter of this application preferably is made of i'netal. and includes a frame l comprising a base 2. upwardly and inwardly inclined sides 2i and top strips 4 disposed in a common plane and extended toward each other. The trough includes an end member 5 having a top flange 6 and provided with a iiange 7 extended around the remaining portion of the periphery, the end member 5 preferably being approximately semi-circular in form. A packing 8 rests against the flange 7. The flange 6 is provided with a hook-shaped bead 9 receiving the forward or outer edge of the top strips t of the frame l, for the double purpose of holding the strips against relative vertical movement, and for support 1920. serial no. 381,321.

ing the end member 5 on the frame l. The Hange 7 of the end member 5 is supplied with a bead-l0 into which the outer edge of the packing 8 i'its. The body ofthe trough vis shown at 11 and is bent upon itself to form outwardly extended fianges i2.

The body 1]. of the trough rests adjacent its longitudinal center on the base. 2 of the frame l, the end member 5 being received within the body, and the packing 8 being in contact withthe body. The flanges l2 are located beneath the top strips 4f, and are connected thereto by tightening devices ld which may be bolts and nuts. Obviously, by tightening up the elements la, the body ll will be drawn against the packing 8 and o. water tight oint aty the end of the trough will be afforded.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- .-.1

l. In a trough, a frame including a top; an end member having a flange provided with a bead receiving the top, and having a second flange provided with a bead; a pacling abutting against the second flange and received within the bead thereof; a body i'eceivingthe end member and engaged with the packing; and tightening means carried. by the frame and engaging the body to heid the body against the packing.

2. in trough, a freine comprising a base, sides upstanding from the base, and top strips disposed in a common plane and eX- tended toward each other from the sides, an end member provided 'with a top ifiange whereon the top strips rest, the .flange being provided with a bead overhangjng1 the top strips, the end member being provided with an. outstanding second iange; a troughshaped 'body cooperating with the second flange of the end member and ijnfovided with outstanding fianges spaced from the top strips; and tightening devices connecting the loutstanding fianges of the body with the top strips.

lrn testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. TRACHTE. ARTHUR F. TRA CUTE. Witnesses J. J. MCMANAMY, 

